All things Firefox - Page 2

garo · 2005-02-04, 12:16

I have a question. I used to have the Tabbrowser extension that I loved. I downloaded In 1.0 I seem to be missing two beloved features. One is the recently closed tabs button on the toolbar. And the second is the ability to move tabs around by clicking and dragging on them. Come to think of it, the whole tab groupping and a host of other options seem to be missing now.

I don't remember which extension I had, I think it was Tabbrowser extensions but the only one currently available is tabbrowser preferences and that doesn't do the trick.

garo · 2005-02-04, 13:55

Never mind. The Firefox website only has the Tabbrowser Preferences extension while what I needed was the Tabbrowser extensions. I found it and it works like a charm.

Jeff Gilchrist · 2005-02-04, 15:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by garo

Never mind. The Firefox website only has the Tabbrowser Preferences extension while what I needed was the Tabbrowser extensions. I found it and it works like a charm.

Hey garo, if you look at the author's website for Tabbrowser extensions he actually recommends that people don't use his own but another extension which incorporates the same features but works better.

The extension he recommends is:
http://hemiolapei.free.fr/divers/tabmix/tabmix.html.en

garo · 2005-02-04, 16:54

Hmm! This looks very intersting. Includes mouse gestures as well. Will give it a spin.

Prime95 · 2005-03-21, 04:59

I open http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/powerranking?nocache=1 and Firefox immediately comsumes 99% of the CPU time. If I minimize it, it still eats 99% of the CPU time!!!

I'm real annoyed that I left my ESPN brackets page open overnight, so that I wouldn't have to relogin the next afternoon.

Prime95 · 2005-03-21, 05:04

The CPU time depends on the ad you get.

I ran the same test in Internet explorer and it used 99% CPU time too. At least when it was minimized it politely dropped to "only" 35-40%.

moo · 2005-03-21, 05:36

you proibily got one of those vid adds there anoying as hell....

akruppa · 2005-03-21, 08:05

Those pesky flash ads. The first thing a new Mozilla/Firefox installation gets on my PCs is flashblock.

Alex

Prime95 · 2005-03-21, 18:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by akruppa

The first thing a new Mozilla/Firefox installation gets on my PCs is flashblock.

Cool. Installed it and it works well. Thanks

ewmayer · 2005-03-21, 19:33

I've been running Firefox for about a month now on my 700MHz Celeron laptop - I stay the !@$%$ away from Flash on basic principle - never let it get installed in the first place if you value your CPU and personal time, is my advice. Together with leaving Java/JavaScript turned off by default and only enabling for the (relatively few in my case) websites that must have it, surfing can actually be reasonably non-annoying and halfway safe.

My only problem with FF thus far was that during one long session where I had FF running for a week, had lots of tabs open, done lots of downloads, it finally got into some kind of hang-loop and I had to kill it. Still more stable than Netscape ever was, in my experience, and it was extremely easy to import my old Netscape bookmarks, mail archive and address book, which was a crucial criterion for me in choosing a new browser.

There was only one small thing that was very easy to do in Netscape which is highly non-obvious in Firefox: how to disable/reenable image loop animations. I always disable these by default, but had to do some websearching to find out how to do it in Firefox (the offical documentation had nary a hint I was able to find.) To do this (and to access the *full* list of FF settings, not just those available via the UI) type "about:config" (sans the quotes) into the address window, that will bring up a list of all the current settings, their types and current values. Right-clicking a selected setting brings up an options tab. E.g. for the image animation mode, the relevant setting is (strangely enough ;)) image.animation_mode. Firefox won't tell you what all the possible values are, but in this case the same online search told me that I want to switch from "normal" (looping enabled) to "none." Bit of a pain, but overall I'm still happier than I was with Netscape, and I expect I'm a hell of a lot safer than I would be with IE.

Mystwalker · 2005-03-22, 00:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewmayer

My only problem with FF thus far was that during one long session where I had FF running for a week, had lots of tabs open, done lots of downloads, it finally got into some kind of hang-loop and I had to kill it.

That's one of the reasons I prefer Opera (FF is my second pick, though). I also use tabs a lot - dozens of them a open from time to time, especially when I have to travel.
When Opera crashes (and there were some unstable versions in the past), you still have the tabs with (nearly) all the content!

I should suggest the developers that they also include text entered in text fields...

2005-02-04, 13:55	#13
garo Aug 2002 Termonfeckin, IE 2²·691 Posts	Never mind. The Firefox website only has the Tabbrowser Preferences extension while what I needed was the Tabbrowser extensions. I found it and it works like a charm. Last fiddled with by garo on 2005-02-04 at 14:04

2005-03-21, 04:59	#16
Prime95 P90 years forever! Aug 2002 Yeehaw, FL 2×53×71 Posts	Firefox - CPU pig I open http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/powerranking?nocache=1 and Firefox immediately comsumes 99% of the CPU time. If I minimize it, it still eats 99% of the CPU time!!! I'm real annoyed that I left my ESPN brackets page open overnight, so that I wouldn't have to relogin the next afternoon.

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2005-02-04, 12:16	#12
garo Aug 2002 Termonfeckin, IE 2²·691 Posts	I have a question. I used to have the Tabbrowser extension that I loved. I downloaded In 1.0 I seem to be missing two beloved features. One is the recently closed tabs button on the toolbar. And the second is the ability to move tabs around by clicking and dragging on them. Come to think of it, the whole tab groupping and a host of other options seem to be missing now. I don't remember which extension I had, I think it was Tabbrowser extensions but the only one currently available is tabbrowser preferences and that doesn't do the trick.

2005-02-04, 16:54	#15
garo Aug 2002 Termonfeckin, IE 2²·691 Posts	Hmm! This looks very intersting. Includes mouse gestures as well. Will give it a spin.

2005-03-21, 05:04	#17
Prime95 P90 years forever! Aug 2002 Yeehaw, FL 2×53×71 Posts	The CPU time depends on the ad you get. I ran the same test in Internet explorer and it used 99% CPU time too. At least when it was minimized it politely dropped to "only" 35-40%.

2005-03-21, 05:36	#18
moo Jul 2004 Nowhere 809 Posts	you proibily got one of those vid adds there anoying as hell....

2005-03-21, 08:05	#19
akruppa "Nancy" Aug 2002 Alexandria 2,467 Posts	Those pesky flash ads. The first thing a new Mozilla/Firefox installation gets on my PCs is flashblock. Alex

2005-03-21, 19:33	#21
ewmayer ∂²ω=0 Sep 2002 República de California 2D77₁₆ Posts	I've been running Firefox for about a month now on my 700MHz Celeron laptop - I stay the !@$%$ away from Flash on basic principle - never let it get installed in the first place if you value your CPU and personal time, is my advice. Together with leaving Java/JavaScript turned off by default and only enabling for the (relatively few in my case) websites that must have it, surfing can actually be reasonably non-annoying and halfway safe. My only problem with FF thus far was that during one long session where I had FF running for a week, had lots of tabs open, done lots of downloads, it finally got into some kind of hang-loop and I had to kill it. Still more stable than Netscape ever was, in my experience, and it was extremely easy to import my old Netscape bookmarks, mail archive and address book, which was a crucial criterion for me in choosing a new browser. There was only one small thing that was very easy to do in Netscape which is highly non-obvious in Firefox: how to disable/reenable image loop animations. I always disable these by default, but had to do some websearching to find out how to do it in Firefox (the offical documentation had nary a hint I was able to find.) To do this (and to access the full list of FF settings, not just those available via the UI) type "about:config" (sans the quotes) into the address window, that will bring up a list of all the current settings, their types and current values. Right-clicking a selected setting brings up an options tab. E.g. for the image animation mode, the relevant setting is (strangely enough ;)) image.animation_mode. Firefox won't tell you what all the possible values are, but in this case the same online search told me that I want to switch from "normal" (looping enabled) to "none." Bit of a pain, but overall I'm still happier than I was with Netscape, and I expect I'm a hell of a lot safer than I would be with IE.